West Stow Country parkrun

Bus: There is a bus, number 355, which can be taken from Bury St Edmunds Bus Station heading towards Mildenhall. It travels to a bus stop called Icklingham adj. West Stow which is a 1.5mile, 20 minute walk to the Country Park entrance. Please check online for updated timings but as of 16/11/25 there are buses leaving at 8.00 and 8.20 taking around 20 minutes to arrive.

Train: Bury St Edmunds station is the nearest option if travelling by train, followed by connecting with the above mentioned bus service.

West Stow Country Park is not easily reached by foot unless you are based in the surrounding villages of West Stow or Lackford, both located around 1 mile away.

SATNAV users can enter postcode IP28 6HG. The park entrance is at w3w: ///refutes.outfitter.flicks

From A14 Eastbound: Exit at 40, turn left onto Tuddenham Road. After 1 mile turn right onto Icknield Way. Continue for just over 3 miles, then turn left onto Bury Road. After half a mile turn right onto Icklingham Road; the Country Park is just under a mile ahead on the right.

From A14 Westbound: Exit at 43, take the third exit onto the A143. At the next roundabout take the first exit onto the A134 and continue straight over the following roundabout. After 1 mile, take the first exit at the next roundabout onto the B1106. At the next roundabout take the fourth exit onto Culford Road. After just under a mile turn left onto West Stow Road, then after 2 miles turn left onto Icklingham Road. The Country Park is 1.5 miles ahead on the left.

From A11 Southbound: Take the B1106 towards Elveden, continue through the village for 5.6 miles, then turn right onto Ingham Road. After just under a mile turn right onto Icklingham Road. The Country Park is 1.5 miles ahead on the left.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Grounds Café in West Stow Country Park (open from 8:30am). Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Grounds Café in West Stow Country Park (open from 8:30am) - please come and join us!

West Stow Country parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:

• Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
• Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
• Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
• We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
• Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
• Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
• Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
• If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
• If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
• It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
• Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. Consider protecting yourself by wearing repellent when at parkrun events in grassy or wooded areas. See lymediseaseuk.com for further details.
• You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
• parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.

We hope these tips help to ensure that West Stow Country parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.

All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.

parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.

For more information, please see our Support page.

All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email weststowcountry@parkrun.com to help.

parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.

To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.